Disney may have the most famous one, but it wasn’t the only studio to adapt Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Check this weird, disturbing clip of W.C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty in a 1933 live-action adaptation. Classic-era movies STILL have the best special effects, man. This is creepy stuff. (Thanks, DailyBeast!)
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If you’ve ever tuned in to Afentra’s Big Fat Morning Buzz on Kansas City’s alternative rock station KRBZ, you’ll know that Afentra gives co-host Scoops a huge amount of crap all the time. I was on the show this morning and it was no exception. Poor Scoops spent all this time doing a parody of […]
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This weekend, After Dark Films’ “8 Films to Die For” starts playing at Phoenix Legends 14 in Kansas City. www.horrorfestonline.com Jan 29 FRIDAY After Dark Horrorfest: Dread (R) Jackson Rathbone,Shaun Evans 93 minutes12:00, 7:30 Synopsis: Red-hot young star Jackson Rathbone, fresh from the smash film TWILIGHT SAGA and the upcoming THE LAST AIRBENDER, stars […]
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WARNING: Watch the above trailer at your own risk. It never ceases to amaze me how many different kinds of people there are in the world. For instance, there are people who think this movie looks good. This past weekend saw the premiere of a movie starring the band voted the “worst band of any […]
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“I’m Here” is “Where the Wild Things Are” director Spike Jonze‘s first project since that movie and it premieres at the Sundance Film Festival today. But is it a 30-minute art film or a commercial? Both, it turns out. Fast Company says: “Though it’s being premiered at film festivals and will be for sale in […]
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UPDATE (1/21/10): “Exit Through The Gift Shop,” billed as the “world’s first street art disaster movie,” will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Banksy’s agent told the BBC. “Banksy said: “It’s the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed”. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, […]
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New York magazine’s Vulture is reporting that Sony will be announcing a deal with director Marc Webb (“(500) Days of Summer”) to direct three movies in the rebooted “Spider-Man” franchise. This will be more teen-oriented supposedly, and “will focus far more on the private life of Peter Parker.” Another reason for the huge change, according […]
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Love them or hate them, the sheer volume of memorable movie quotes that hh1edits has fit in this video in just under 10 minutes is pretty amazing. Taken out of context, they are even funnier. Some of these were meant to be cheesy, others dead serious, but nearly every one of these quotes made me […]
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Some intriguing/exciting news coming from The Playlist today: Sean Penn has returned to the role of Larry Fine in the Farrelly Brothers’ ill-fated “Three Stooges” project. A few months back, in the midst of recurring domestic tumult, Penn stated he was going to take a year off from acting and sort things out with his […]
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The Kansas City Film Critics Circle (of which I am a member) gathered last night to vote on the group’s 44th annual year-end awards. The Loutzenhiser Awards are named after KCFCC founder James Loutzenhiser. The KCFCC is the second oldest professional film critics’ association in the United States. Due to an insane amount of snow, […]
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James Cameron’s Avatar is Disney’s Pocahontas? Avatar = Pocahontas (below) Well, we all know the similarities between “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Forrest Gump,” but what about the latest record-breaking 3D epic from James Cameron? I thought it was the sci-fi version of “Dances With Wolves” (or maybe “FernGully: The Last Rainforest”) but […]
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The 2010 Oscars are drawing closer. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards were just announced this morning, and there are a couple of surprises from the Golden Globes, but not too many. “Precious,” “Inglourious Basterds,” and “Up in the Air” each scored three nominations. Best Cast “An Education” “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Nine” “Precious” […]
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Golden Globes Awards snubs, nominations, shockers! This morning the nominations for the 67th annual Golden Globes (to be held Jan. 17 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel) were announced. Here’s the list of nominees and my analysis: Best Motion Picture – Drama “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Precious” “Up in the Air” “Avatar” Snubbed: “Where the […]
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